KRS 65.810: Sole method of creating a nontaxing special district.

Except as otherwise provided by state law, the sole method of creating a district shall be

in accordance with the following:

(1) Persons desiring to form a district shall present a petition to the fiscal court clerk

and to each member of the fiscal court, meeting the criteria of KRS 65.815, and

signed by a number of registered voters equal to or greater than twenty percent

(20%) of an average of the voters living in the proposed service area and voting in

the last four (4) general elections. At time of it s submission to fiscal court each

petition shall be accompanied by a plan of service, showing such of the following as

may be germane to the purposes for which the district is being formed:

(a) The statutory authority under which the district is created and under which the

district will operate;

(b) Demographic characteristics of the area including but not limited to

population, density, projected growth, and assessed valuation;

(c) A description of the service area including but not limited to the popu lation to

be served, a metes and bounds description of the area of the proposed district,

the anticipated date of beginning service, the nature and extent of the

proposed service, the projected effect of providing service on the social and

economic growth of the area, and projected growth in service demand or need;

(d) A three (3) year projection of cost versus revenue;

(e) Justification for formation of the district including but not limited to the

location of nearby governmental and nongovernmental prov iders of like

services; and

(f) Any additional information such as land use plans, existing land uses,

drainage patterns, health problems, and other similar analyses which bear on

the necessity and means of providing the proposed service.

(2) The fiscal court clerk shall notify all planning commissions, cities, and area

development districts within whose jurisdiction the proposed service area is located

and any state agencies required by law to be notified of the proposal for the creation

of the district.

(3) The fiscal court clerk shall schedule a hearing on the proposal for no earlier than

thirty (30) nor later than ninety (90) days following receipt of the petition, charter,

and plan of service, and shall, in accordance with the procedures of KRS Chapt er

424, publish notice of the time and place of the public hearing and an accurate map

of the area or a description in layman's terms reasonably identifying the area of the

proposed district.

(4) At the public hearing, the fiscal court shall take testimon y of interested parties and

solicit the recommendations of any planning commission, city, area development

district, or state agency meeting the criteria of subsection (2) of this section.

(5) The fiscal court may extend the hearing, from time -to-time, fo r ninety (90) days

from the date of the initial hearing and shall render a decision within thirty (30)

days of the final adjournment of the hearing.

(6) Following the hearing, the fiscal court shall set forth its written findings of fact and

shall approve or disapprove the formation of the district to provide service as

described in the plan of service, and to exercise the powers granted by the specific

statutes that apply to the district being formed.

(7) The creation of a district shall be of legal effect only upon the adoption of an

ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of KRS 67.075 and 67.077, creating

such district and compliance with the requirements of KRS 65.005.

(8) Nothing in this section shall be construed to enlarge upon or to restrict the powers

granted a district under the district's specific authorizing statutes.